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dw.com | Dmytro Hubenko |Louis Oelofse |Alex Berry
05/09/2025May 9, 2025Peru celebrates 'historic' election of Leo XIVPeruvian President Dina Boluarte welcomed the "historic" election of Pope Leo XIV, a Peruvian "by choice and conviction" who has served the country for more than 20 years. Pope Leo XIV is a dual citizen of the United States and, since 2015, of Peru, where he served first as a missionary and then as an archbishop.
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6 days ago | 
dw.com | Louis Oelofse |Alex Berry |Jon Shelton
05/08/2025May 8, 2025Pope Leo XIV makes first addressPope Leo XIV has made his first address to the world's 1.4 billion Catholics from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica. "Peace be with all you," Leo told the crowd that had gathered at the Vatican. The 66-year-old US cardinal is the Catholic Church's first North American leader in its 2,000-year history.
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6 days ago | 
dw.com | Louis Oelofse |Alex Berry |Jon Shelton
05/08/2025May 8, 2025White smoke billows from Sistine Chapel chimneyWhite smoke has emerged from a chimney in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City. The smoke signifies that the 133 cardinals inside the chapel have elected a new pope to lead the Catholic Church. A crowd of faithful erupted into cheers at St. Peter's Square as they watched the smoke pour from the chimney.
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1 week ago | 
dw.com | Richard Connor |Alex Berry
05/08/2025May 8, 2025War in Ukraine casts shadow over peace celebrationsDespite widespread acknowledgement across Europe that May 8 is a day to celebrate an unprecedented phase of peace and freedom across the continent, today's reality continues to cast a long shadow of gloom. As Russia's relentless assault on Ukraine drags well into its fourth year and Europe is forced to massively boost defense spending in the face of Moscow's aggression, European leaders continue to sound the alarm.
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dw.com | Louis Oelofse |Alex Berry |Jon Shelton |Richard Connor
05/08/2025May 8, 2025Welcome back to our updatesWelcome back to our live updates from the papal conclave, where 133 cardinals are voting for a successor to Pope Francis. Cardinals have returned to the Sistine Chapel to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed to decide a winner — an outcome signaled by billowing black smoke through the chapel chimney on Wednesday evening.
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dw.com | Richard Connor |Alex Berry
05/08/2025May 8, 2025European countries, including Germany, are commemorating the end of World War II on the continent. Europe's deadliest war came to an end 80 years ago. DW has the latest. https://p.dw.com/p/4u3gkWhat you need to knowCeremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II are being held across the continent. The newly elected German Chancellor Freidrich Merz will join a wreath-laying ceremony in Berlin. The Bundestag will hold its own remembrance service too.
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1 week ago | 
dw.com | Louis Oelofse |Alex Berry |Jon Shelton
05/07/2025May 7, 2025Cardinal electors fail to agree on next pope in first voteBlack smoke rose from the Vatican on Wednesday, signaling that Catholic cardinals — as expected — did not reach a decision on who should lead the church as the next pope. Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square needed to be patient as it took longer than expected for the smoke to billow from the chimney, more than three hours after cardinals began the conclave. The next vote is to take place on Thursday.
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1 week ago | 
dw.com | Alex Berry |Richard Connor |Roshni Majumdar
05/06/2025May 6, 2025SPD chief Klingbeil says Merz to run again on TuesdayThe co-leader of Germany's center-left Social Democrats, Lars Klingbeil, has said conservative leader Friedrich Merz intends to run for re-election in the Bundestag on Tuesday. Klingbeil said that all democratic parties had agreed to the hurried-forward vote.
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1 month ago | 
dw.com | Alex Berry |Richard Connor
04/07/2025April 7, 2025What is a 'bear market'? In the investing world, the term "bear market" symbolizes a sustained market downturn, when a stock index falls 20% from its last peak. The S&P 500, the benchmark US stock index, entered bear market territory on Monday for the first time since 2022. During a downtrend, more people are looking to sell than buy stocks. The demand to buy is significantly lower than the supply, leading to a drop in share prices.
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1 month ago | 
dw.com | Alex Berry |Richard Connor
Global markets from Europe to Asia have continued to feel the pain of Donald Trump's tariffs. The US president has shown no sign of reconsidering despite the economic turmoil. DW has the latest.
